Thread by @geo_mittal

Makeshift Mobility newsletter covers the Marshrutkas of Post-Soviet cities this week. Some great research on this mobility phenomenon has come out from #IfL Leipzig in recent years. In addition to the newsletter, I list a few of the articles on Marshrutkas in this thread.

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In this article, Wladimir Sgibnev and Lela Rekhviashvili discuss the fragmentation and alienation of the labour force in Marshrutka services after the introduction of ride-sharing services (such as Uber) in post-Soviet cities.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Discussing the case of Marshrutkas in Bishkek, this paper places transport workers at the centre of mobilities and urban studies agenda. It explores the connections between working conditions of informal transport workers and mobility provisions.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Focusing on Marshrutkas in Khujand, Tajikistan, this article explores the regulatory processes of this mobility phenomenon by connecting it to Global policy mobilities.

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Empirically grounded in Tbilisi, Georgia, this article explores the social risks and opportunities of digitalisation in the low-tech mobility sector.

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This article particularly explores the decorations on Marshrutkas and the connections of that art with cultural, social, and national identities.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This article challenges the presumed connection between informality and market by analysing transport practices in reference to diverse social-cultural institutions.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In a comparative study of Marshrutkas in two small Russian cities, Tonio Weicker explores how the notion of informality is used to govern the transport settings, which results in distinct transport policies and different transport outcomes.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…